The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 11A Tar Heels notch impressive win CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina shot only 41 percent, had 19 turn- overs and failed to reach 100 points for the first time in four games. Coach Roy Wil- liams described the effort as "ugly," and most of his players concurred. Imagine how Georgia Tech felt. Jawad Williams led a balanced attack with 18 points, and the third-ranked Tar Heels rolled to another impressive vic- tory, 91-69 over No. 8 Georgia Tech last night. "Today wasn't the prettiest game," Roy Williams said. "It was one of those ugly games, where you've got to score more points than the other team." Marvin Williams had 14 points and Rashad McCants and Sean May each added 12 for North Carolina (3-0 ACC, 14-1 overall), which has won 14 straight since an opening loss to Santa Clara. Point guard Raymond Felton was sus- pended for that game because he played in an nonsanctioned summer league game, and, with him on the court, the Tar Heels have had few challenges. "I feel like I'm the leader of the team," Felton said. "I feel like I'm the one that gets everybody going. I'm the floor general." The Yellow Jackets (2-1, 11-3) certain- ly didn't provide much of a test. Playing without injured guard B.J. Elder for the third straight game, Georgia Tech led only at 1-0, quickly fell behind and never recovered. Jarrett Jack had 24 points and Luke Schenscher finished with 13. "They're an outstanding team, maybe the best team in the country," Yellow Jack- ets coach Paul Hewitt said. "But we had some guys not play as well as they're capa- ble of playing. It's one of those things." With one matchup against a top-10 opponent out of the way, North Carolina can turn its attention to Saturday's game at No. 4 Wake Forest. It will be the first meeting ever with both teams in the top five. "I'm going to enjoy this one," Roy Wil- liams said. "Georgia Tech is a big-time freakin' team." Felton and the other starters had plenty of help from the bench in this one, led by Marvin Williams. In the first half, the Tar Heels' reserves outscored their counter- parts 21-0, and it was much the same after the break until both coaches cleared the benches. A 10-0 run that was capped by Felton's 3-pointer put North Carolina ahead 17-5, its first double-digit lead of the game. "We started off the first couple of pos- sessions fine, but everybody knows you have to play the whole game," Jack said. "That's the one thing we didn't do, we didn't play hard for 40 minutes." The margin grew slowly after that, even while the Tar Heels continued to enjoy some highlight-reel moments. The biggest ones probably came from McCants, who surprisingly played some stingy defense. Known mostly as a scorer, he finished with a career-high four blocks, three in the first half. "We want to set the tone of the game with our defense," McCants said. He did that early, leaping high to block Will Bynum's first shot of the game. L~ter, with the game all but decided, the 6-foot-4 McCants stuffed a dunk by 6-foot-9 Tlieo- dis Tarver, then celebrated by hopping across midcourt. "I think it was more of just an instibct play," McCants said. "I don't like toaet guys score on me, especially going to,the goal like that." McCants's effort symbolized the unself- ishness the Tar Heels showed, a fact fur- ther illustrated by their passing. They had 24 assists on their 28 baskets, including 16 out of 17 in the first half. Felton finished off the opening 20 min- utes with the final one, drawing the defense to him before dishing to Melvin Scott on the wing. Scott swished a 3-pointer just before the buzzer to make it 46-28. "That was big," Scott said. "I had missed a couple of layups. I knew if Ray- mond got double-teamed, he would get the ball to me." APH-OTO Georgia Tech guard Anthony Morrow fights for the ball in the Yellow Jackets' 91-69 loss last night. Owners, players agree on testing NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball players and owners have reached an agreement on a tougher steroid-testing program and plan to announce it Thurs- day, The Associated Press has learned. The agreement will include penal- ties for first-time offenders, an Ameri- can League player said on condition of anonymity. Other details, such as the frequency of tests, were not immedi- ately available. Commissioner Bud Selig, when asked about a steroid agreement at the owners meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz., declined comment, but did say: "We'll have announcements to make tomorrow." Gene Orza, the union's chief operat- ing officer, also declined comment. "I'm glad we could come to an agreement," said Chicago Cubs pitcher Mike Remlinger, who was briefed on the deal yesterday. "It was the right thing to do. I think it was something that needed to be done, and I think players understand it needed to be addressed." The sides spent the past month negoti- ating the deal after the union's executive board gave its staff approval to pursue an agreement on a more rigorous testing program. Some in Congress threatened to take action unless baseball reached an agreement on its own. "I think it's going to entail more testing, some out-season testing, yes, more in-season random testing and stiffer penalties," said New York Mets pitcher Tom Glavine, a senior member of the union. Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief oper- ating officer, said he anticipated con- firmation of a deal by the end of the owners' meeting. "It will be wonderful once it's done, but I don't want to pre-empt any announcement, and I certainly don't want to pre-empt all the work the commissioner has done on this, so I'll reserve my comments until after it's announced," he said. Players and owners agreed to a drug- testing plan in 2002 that called for survey-testing for steroids the follow- ing year. Because more than 5 percent of tests were positive, random testing with penalties began last year. Each player was tested for steroids twice over a single five- to seven-day period. A first positive test resulted in treat- ment. If a player tested positive again, he would have been subject to a 15-day suspension. No player was suspended for steroid use in 2004. Since the 2002 agreement, base- ball has come under increased scru- tiny for steroid use. Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield testified before a federal grand jury in December 2003. Giambi and Sheffield admitted to using steroids, according to reports by the San Fran- cisco Chronicle. Sheffield said he wasn't aware when he used the sub- stances that they contained steroids. 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